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Descendants of James Ross Wiley Paternal Ancestors

Generation No. 2

2. HANS² WILEY (JAMES ROSS WILEY PATERNAL¹ ANCESTORS) was born 1760 in County Down, Ireland¹, and died May 26, 1835 in Smith Twp., Belmont County, OH². He married SUSANNA IRWIN Abt. 1780 in Dunbar, Fayette, PA.

Notes for HANS WILEY:
Cf. "History of Belmont & Jefferson Counties," 1880, J. A. Caldwell

Notes from Elizabeth Blackwood Steiner's mother says there was a headstone in the Warnock Cemetery in Smith Twp., where Hans & Susanna are buried, of Lily Wiley, who died there in 1830, at age 96, wife of David Wiley. No known relationship to Hans, though. Another story from same source says Hans's parents were a Rev. David and Lily Wiley, probably these same two, but unsubstantiated by any other source or reference. NB, if true these would conflict with the tradition that Hans was an escapee from a British warship when he arrived in America in 1778, at Lewes, Delaware.

"Wileys" pre-1800 in Dunbar, Fayette County, PA show a Matthew Wiley and a Robert Wiley.

1830 Census Belmont Co., p. 368 shows:

HANCE Wiley's - 2 at 15-20 years old
- 1 at 10-15 (Archibald's 1st son?)
- 1 at 20-30
- 1 at 30-40
- 1 at 50-60
- 1 at 80-90

JOHN Wiley's - 1 at 15-20
- 1 at 30-40 (Han's 3rd son?)

- "Index to Marriages in Ohio Before 1820": John Wiley to Sarah McWilliams, 4/16/1812 - 00B 070

From Ellis, _History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania_, 1882:

p. 507 - Robert Irwin, one of the original landowners of the area with 391 1/2 acres.

p. 504 - 1799 Roll of taxpayers:

Hance Wiley, 1 horse, 1 cow, no acres
Matthew Wiley, 3 horses, 5 cows, 275 acres
John Wiley, 1 horse, no cows, 100 acres

p. 509 - William Wiley was part of a petition campaign to build a road from Uniontown to Joshua Dickinson's Mill.

1790 PA Census, Washington County: William Wiley, 3 males 16 & older, 1 male under 16, 7 females

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Taxpayers, Fayette County, PA (from two different lists of taxpayers, histories of Fayette Co, PA)

Irvine ("Irwin?"), Joseph: Union Twp, 1785, 1786

Wiley, Hance: Franklin Twp, 1791, 1797, 1795, 1796, 1797; Dunbar - 1798, 1799
Wiley, Hans: Franklin Twp, 1791 (duplication?)

Wiley, Matthew: Franklin Twp, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1791, 1793, 1795, 1797, 1798

Wiley, Stephen: Geor. Twp, 1788, 1789
Wiley, William: Luzerne, (single) 1790, 1795, (then not single?) 1796, 1797
Wiley, John: Franklin, 1788, 1789, Dunbar, 1799
Wiley, John (single): Luzerne, 1795, 1796

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From Fayette Co, PA wills, 1783 - 1900 Index:

Wiley, Ann E., 3-250, 1856
Wiley, Elner, 4-498, 1874
Wiley, John, 2-067m 1835
Wiley, Mathew, 1-149, 1815
Wiley, Samuel, 2-030, 1835

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Appointment of executors of estate of "Hanse" (Hans) Wiley, 1835.

"KNOW ALL MEN BY THE PRESENTS, THAT WE - [handwritten] John Wiley, Henry Wiley, Wm. Bigger & Wm. Warnock - are held and firmly bound unto the
State of Ohio, in the penal sum of - [handwritten] four hundred - dollars, lawful money, for the payment of which, well and truly to be made thereunto when required, we jointly and severally bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals, and dated this 15 day of June A. D. 1835.

"The above obligation is subject to the following condition, to wit: Whereas at the June term of the Court of Common Pleas of Belmont County, Ohio, the above bound Henry Wiley and John Wiley were duly appointed by said court, administrators of the estate of Hanse Wiley - deceased: - Therefore if the said Henry Wiley and John Wiley shall well and faithfully discharge all and singular duties enjoined upon and required of them, as such administrators, according to law, then the above obligation shall be void. Otherwise to be and remain in full force and virtue in law.

Signed, sealed and delivered
in the presence of

Henry Wiley (LS)
John Wiley (LS)
Wm. Bigger (LS)
William Warnock (LS)

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Accompanying this document was another listing the expenses and assets of Hans, all handwritten. Summarizing here, it appears to say that after sales of "personal chattels" there was in the estate $185.47, added to that "taken by the widow at the appointment" $166.35, for a total of $351.82.

After paying debts of Hans amounting to $39.24½ and funeral expenses of $21.19½, totaling $60.44.

After court fees of $24.57 leaving remaining to disburse $266.81.

There are three more sheets, the first listing names of persons to whom debts were owed and amounts owed.

The second sheet lists payments by "Henry Wiley in acct with R E Carothers" what appear to be funeral-related expenses, including "1 plain casket [@] 62½ [cents]," several pairs of gloves, bolts and yards of cloth materials including muslin, black crapes, 6 pounds of coffee [$1.00], 3 twists of tobacco at six cents, "trimmings for vest," and "1 pr blk silk gloves for Sister Margaret."

The last sheet seems to also list expenses of goods and services, to one John Baugh including mending and repairing farm implements, horse shoeing, and other items - all paid for with 115 pounds of beef at 3½ per pound, and eleven dollars cash, leaving a balance due Mr. Baugh of $6.10.

This sheet or sheets was/were notarized by William Warnock, J.P., February 15, 1837, for probate fees of 12½ cents.

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"HANS WILEY was born in County Down, Ireland, in 1760. In 1778 he migrated to America and located in Fayette County, Pa., where he married Susan[na] Irwin. In 1800, he, with his wife and five children, came to Belmont County, Ohio, residing in Richland Township until 1805. Then they entered, made improvements and settled on a part of section six, in Smith Township, where they lived during the remainder of their days. He died in 1835; his companion died in 1838. They brought up a family of eight children, viz.: Joseph, Archibald, John, William, James, Henry, Eleanor, and Margaret; all are deceased except three, John, James and Henry.

"JAMES WILEY, a son of the above names Hans Wiley, was born in Richland Township, Belmont County, Ohio, June 26, 1802. Although reared on a farm, he was one of the early teachers in Smith Township, having taught several terms of school between the years of 1835 and 1840. He married Mary A. Workman, daughter of William Workman, deceased, in 1840. They settled near Centerville, remained two years and in 1842, they moved on the farm where they are now living, it being a part of his father's farm. They have a family of six children, four sons and two daughters.

"HENRY WILEY, youngest son of Hans Wiley, deceased, was born in Smith Township, Belmont County, Ohio, on the farm where he is now living, May 17, 1807. In 1845, he married Margaret Johnston, of Pennsylvania, who was born in 1812. They settled on the old home farm, where they are now living. They have a family of five daughters. He has followed farming as his vocation."

- from: Caldwell, J. A.. History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, 1880. p 399.

Other Wileys found in census rolls, Belmont County, and other sources:

Margaret Wiley m. Stewart Ault, 6/10/1817
Mary Wiley m. John Barton, 9/7/1820
Rebecca Wiley m. James Kyle, 11/20/1806

Wiley, Alexander bought land Feb 19 1825 Belmont County, 03-04-12
Wiley, David " " Jul 13 1818 Belmont County, 06-07-30

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Baptisms at First Pres Church (formerly Indian Short Creek Church) Mt. Pleasant, JEFFERSON County, OH:

James Wiley 5/16/1840, his children, all baptized 7/31/1840: Catherine, Elizabeth, Matthew, William, William #2, Alexander.

John wiley's children: Mary Ann - bef 1833, Joseph - 8/6/1834, Andrew - 4/20/1836, and Jane - 10/7/1838.

Also a Hannah Wiley, baptized 5/7/1866.

From "Gateway to the West," Anita Short, Ruth Bowers, Arcanum, OH. 1974.

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Note: In 1778, until 1780, the area of Dunbar and Union Townships, Fayette County, PA were in an area disputed by Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. To some the area was part of Yohogania County, VA! The Mason Dixon line was established only as far as an area directly south of that area, and the surveyors had to stop, to retreat, because of hostile indians. The line was supposed to be set all the way to the Ohio River, but was not done at that time, so the area remained in dispute, until 1880, when Yohogania County was abolished and Virginia's claims were withdrawn.

Notes for SUSANNA IRWIN:
Of Susanna Irwin's ancestry nothing concrete is known. There were many Irwin's in western Pennsylvania in the 1780's when she married Hans. A story from Elizabeth Blackwood Steiner's notes has her as possibly a daughter of Col John Irwin, quartermaster of the western troops in Rev. War. Nothing found to support this, though.

Another source (unknown source) says her parents were Archibald Irwin (for whom her son was named???) and Sidney Grubb. Also unsubstianted. Just as likely that "Archibald" came from ancestral background of Hans, for that was among the names of the "noblemen" who settled the new Irish estates from Scotland, Archibald, Hans, John, Gawan, [and others] Hamilton.

Note from some source queries if her name might not have been "Suzanne"

Possibly / probably born in Pennsylvania. Another source (Harold Elmer Parrot - see notes for son Joseph Wiley) gives her birth date as 1762.

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Last Will of Susanna (Irwin) Wiley, 1836.

"I Susanna Wiley of the County of Belmont, State of Ohio, Consort of Hans Wiley, deceased of the County & State aforesaid, Being in my right mind and sound judgment, knowing the frailty of human life and the Certainty of Death, I make this my last will and testament in the manner of the following, that is to say:

"1st I Resign my sould to god who gave it, my body to be decently interred, my funeral Expenses and all my other just debts fully paid.

"Secondly I give devis and bequeath to my son Henry my Brown mare, one Beaiex and Beaiding, one windmill, Hans geer, chains, one cickle, give two pitchforks, one stablefork, one mattoc, one spaid, one Bairsoen Plow, Doubletree and Clivice, one red chest

"Third I give and devise to my Daughter Elinor one corner cupboard [ap]praised at twelve dollars, one chest of drawers [ap]praised at four dollars.

"Fourth I give and bequeath to my Daughter Margaret one Bureau [ap]praised at Six Dollars and to have ten dollars worth of property of her own choice to be valued by there just ___ [illeigble].

"Fifthly I give and devise to my two Daughters Elinor & Margaret other of my property after the above named expenses are paid to be divided Equally between them by the valuation of three just persons and they to have and to hold the same forever according to this my last will and testament

"and lastly hereby constitute and appoint my two sons William and Henry Wiley to be the Executors for this my Last Will and Testament Revoking and anulling all former wills by me made and ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and testament in [One] Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty six.

[signed] "Susanna Wiley (Seal) [handwritten]

"Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of us [illegible]
subscribed in the ["presence?"] of each other.

"by order of the testator"

"Robert N. Ogilbee
"Thomas Major x [mark]
"John Ault x [mark]"

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Notes: This will looks as if it were written by Robert Ogilbee, or very similar handwriting. It does not look like the writing of a frail, sickly old woman of 74 years old. Further, there are two more sets of signatures below those above, written in different handwriting, which appear to be those of John Ault, sr., Thos. Harris (?) and [illegible]. Below those the second set of Thomas Majer and Philip Ault.

Accompanying the will is a document of bond for the executors stating:

"KNOW ALL MEN BY THE PRESENTS, THAT WE - [handwritten] William Wiley, Henry Wiley, Thomas Major and Phillip Ault - are held and firmly bound unto the State of Ohio, in the penal sum of - [handwritten] four hundred - dollars, lawful money, for the payment of which, well and truly to be made, we jointly and severally bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals, and dated this 27 day of March A. D. 1839.

"The above obligation is subject to the following condition, to wit: Whereas the last Will and Testament of - [handwritten] Susannah Wiley decd - was presented to the Court of Common Please for Belmont County, Ohio, at the March term thereof, A.D. 1839 for probate, and proven to the satisfaction of said Court, and ordered to be recorded. And whereas Letters Testamontory on the estate of the said - [handwritten] Susannah Wiley decd - was granted by said Court at the term aforesaid to the above bound - [handwritten] William Wiley and Henry Wiley shall well and faithfully perform all and singular the duties enjoined upon and required of them as such executors agreeabel to the last Will and Testament for said deceased, and according to law, then the above obligation shall be
void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue in law."

William Wiley (Seal)
Henry Wiley (Seal)
Thomas Major (Seal)
Phillip Ault (Seal)

Children of HANS WILEY and SUSANNA IRWIN are:

JOSEPH³ WILEY, b. May 15, 1791, Dunbar, Fayette Co., PA; d. November 04, 1854, California.

ii.

ARCHIBALD WILEY, b. February 15, 1793, Dunbar, Fayette Co., PA; d. Bef. September 1830, Mead Twp., Belmont, OH.

iii.

ELEANOR WILEY, b. February 1795, Dunbar, Fayette, PA; d. November 26, 1851.

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iv.

JOHN WILEY, b. December 26, 1797, Dunbar, Fayette, PA.

WILLIAM WILEY, b. March 1800, Dunbar, Fayette, PA; d. May 18, 1873.

Notes for WILLIAM WILEY:
William was unmarried? 1850 census shows a William Wiley, age 50, living
with Henry & Margaret Wiley. Smith Twp, Belmont County, Ohio, House #2274.

11.

vi.

JAMES WILEY, b. June 26, 1802, Richland Twp., Belmont Co., OH; d. May 03, 1892, Glencoe, Smith Twp, Belmont Co, Ohio.

vii.

MARGARET WILEY, b. July 1804, Richland Twp, Belmont, OH; d. December 24, 1875.

12.

viii.

HENRY WILEY, b. May 07, 1807, Glencoe, Richland Twp, Belmont Co., OH; d. March 12, 1892, Glencoe, Warnock Cem..

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